Stuff This Week
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I don’t really care 🤣 I write when I want to write. ↩︎
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📱New iPhone is ordered. 512GB Pro Max Blue Titanium. The Finewoven case arrived ahead of time so I’ve done a little look at that.
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🎮 I’m really excited to play with the new camera features and see the Ray Tracing/AAA Games in action.
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⛈️ As you can see from the picture at the top of this, the weather has most certainly changed and we’re not complaining about the heat anymore. Last night was a huge thunderstorm that lit up the night sky and shouted in thunderous booms. That storm actually killed power between around 5am to 7am, but is thankfully all ok again now.
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😓 A challenging and stressful work at week this week, but I’m proud of how I handled it and didn’t let it consume me. Being mindful, recognising behaviours and refusing to overstretch myself means I wasn’t as bothered about this sort of pressure as I have been in the past.
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🏃♂️ I did workout! Only once vs my planned two sessions, but I’m on-track to continue next week. I really need to keep front of mind how better I feel when I’ve done something physical.
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🇯🇵 I have done nothing to move forwards my Japan Diary posts this week sadly. Photos still need editing and stories still need writing. This is higher up the todo list for next week now though 💪
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🔪🩸 We watched the new Branagh Poirot adaption. Really enjoyed it!
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✍️ I feel like I’ve gotten into a swing with Micro.blog now. I’m loving writing more as a hobby, as well as interacting with the community. Had some great chats about the new Apple products, photography and more! I have a routine for discovery, following (and just as crucial, un-following) to expand my horizons on the platform as well.
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🍻 My cutting down my alcohol intake continues this week and I have to say I feel better overall for it. Starting tomorrow I hope to expand into some fitness activities as well! 🏃♂️
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🔨 Speaking of workouts, building new Ikea furniture for the kids yesterday was a multi-hour sweaty affair 😅
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🍝 Had a great dinner over at a friends house last night. I’m an introvert/wallflower typically and have to be poked by my family into a lot of larger social interactions, but as I grow older I do find myself putting more importance in my friendships and relationships and find myself enjoying them.
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🏙️ My Bluesky invite finally came through. Installed it. Linked it to my domain. Scrolled the timeline for 5 minutes. Haven’t gone back. I think I’m over Twitter/Threads and that whole sort of social media interaction. I’m engaging with micro.blog more and more as I move away from the social behemoths.
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🧘♂️ We had a little visit to Weymouth beach Friday evening, had a quick splash then ate fish and chips on the harbour. It was so relaxing and uplifting it was almost like a meditation. Much required after the rush of the week.
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🇯🇵 We find ourselves missing Japan as we are post “big holiday”. I need to keep the Japan Diaries going as I write up each day and edit the photos I took over there. I really enjoy writing them as a reminder of our time there and find it makes the memories more concrete somehow… Only one thing for it, start planning for the next one?! 🤔🇮🇹❓
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🌎 Finally got all my domains under the same provider, moving the final ones away from a horribly outdated and unsupportive company. I’ve been meaning to do it for years and was dreading the complexity of the transfer process. In reality it was flawless and only took 10 minutes! There’s a lesson to be learned about fearing changes there methinks…
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📱 Getting excited about new phone time. Specifically
- Rumoured periscope lens for better optical zoom
- Finally getting rid of the gross poor quality leather cases and having these “FineWoven” cases sounds like a much needed change for Vegans and because the leather case quality has gotten so poor lately.
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👨💻Finally posted Day 3 of my Japan Diaries. I feel like I’m finally getting an easier way to upload these long form posts in a way I like thanks to getting some 3rd party tool involvement. I would like to see Micro.Blog make some improvements in this area natively at some point.
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✈️ Been watching H/JACK on Apple TV. Really enjoying it. Has that real enticing cliffhanger at the end of each episode that makes you want to watch just one more.
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👨👩👦👦 Summer holidays come to an end and both my boys are starting new schools/colleges tomorrow as they grow up! Blazers have been ironed. Shoes have been shined! Here we go!
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🍺 Been trying to cut down on my beer intake. We’re doing ok and non alcoholic beers are pretty good nowadays.
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🚀Starfield is here! Having a lot of fun with it. For all the bells and whistles it’s a Bethesda game in the style of Skyrim, and if you go in with that expectation, I think there’s good times to be had. I’ve really enjoyed the writing and scenarios for some of the content so far. Graphics are a bit hit and miss dependant on the place you’re at, but it’s pretty good fun!
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💻 Got a no name under desk mountfor my MacBook Pro and I love it! This thing has given me even more desk space back on my little desk.
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💡 This is inspired by GR36 and Maique who were further inspired even further down the line.
Stuff This Week #12
The first “Stuff” post since February! How terribly unreliable of me 😱 1
Summer is allegedly coming for us even though you wouldn’t tell from the large majority of the recent weather, but it’s officially Strawberry Summer Cake Season so I thought I’d write this up as the cake cools on the rack.
Stuff This week #11
February already! 2024 is in full swing!
📸 Photo is from the Half Mile Challenge I did alongside my Son last Sunday. A good reminder to focus on the more creative things as well as the essential things. ⚖️
Read on for more of the week that was!
Stuff This Week 10
So the first week of the year is completed now and we’re well into the swing of things already with work, school and general family life as the holiday period comes to an end… 💪
Stuff this week #9
I’ve had a little break from blogging as It’s been a busy time of the year at work and at home, then I got a cold 🤒 and have generally been feeling a bit crappy and not like wriiting.
I’m now making an effort to put a bit more pep in my step! 💪
Stuff this week #7
A week off work this week, so some travelling, some relaxing and unfortunately... way too much procrastination.
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I didn’t get this out last week as life just got in the way, so this is a sorta doubled up bumper pack of last week and this weeks stuff.
Stuff This Week #4
It’s all about tech mostly this week. With a little bit of food thrown in. And of course the weather, because what sort of Brit would I be if I didn’t mention it…
One of the first shots I took with my new phone
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Stuff This Week #2
A hot and busy week for the whole family this week, with the kids starting up at school/college again, hoping we get more into the general rhythm of normalcy next week.
Here’s to cooler weather next week 🤞. Have a good one everybody!